Inmates who broke out of an Alabama jail did so by tricking a guard with an item found in most pantries.Walker County, Alabama Sheriff Jim Underwood said the 12 escapees used peanut butter to trick a new guard. “They had changed the number over the door with peanut butter,” Underwood said. “They hollered ‘hey so-and-so, open the door,’ but that actual door number was the outside door.”Once the inmates were outside, they put a blanket over a barbed wire fence and fled the area. The final escaped inmate was captured Wednesday night, around 48 hours after the prison break.“I’m not going to make any excuses,” Underwood said. “It was human error.”Watch the video above to see how far the final inmate had gotten before he was captured.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

Inmates who broke out of an Alabama jail did so by tricking a guard with an item found in most pantries.

Walker County, Alabama Sheriff Jim Underwood said the 12 escapees used peanut butter to trick a new guard.

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“They had changed the number over the door with peanut butter,” Underwood said. “They hollered ‘hey so-and-so, open the door,’ but that actual door number was the outside door.”

Once the inmates were outside, they put a blanket over a barbed wire fence and fled the area. The final escaped inmate was captured Wednesday night, around 48 hours after the prison break.

“I’m not going to make any excuses,” Underwood said. “It was human error.”

Watch the video above to see how far the final inmate had gotten before he was captured.